And... Action! Rebecca Gibney sheds convincing tears and is sombre in black as detective Eve Winter as she films funeral scenes for crime drama The Killing Field

She's battled depression and very dark times so actress Rebecca Gibney knows how to do emotional convincingly.

So well in fact that make-up artists on the set her spellbinding telemovie The Killing Field found themselves repeatedly interrupting filming to touch up her teary eyes.

The Packed To The Rafters star, 49, was sombre in black when she shot scenes as lead detective Eve Winter at Sydney's Waverley Cemetery on Saturday, which saw her bury her own past as she hunts a serial killer.

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Emotional: Rebecca Gibney strikes an emotional figure at Waverley Cemetery near Bronte where she shot scenes for her telemovie The Killing Field on Saturday

That's better! Make-up artists rally to dry her eyes on the set of the crime drama which sees her hunt child killers

Australia’s answer to Dame Helen Mirren struck an elegant figure in a black trouser suit and white top on the set overlooking dramatic views of Bronte beach.

The actors appear to pick up where they left off and have been reunited after leaving iconic outback drama, The Flying Doctors.

They are joined by Australian actor Zac Drayson who has decided to switch from being in front of the camera to behind it - working as a grip on Rebecca's series.

Blast from the past: The actors appear to pick up where they left off and have been reunited after leaving iconic outback drama, The Flying Doctors

Dramatic: Against the backdrop of crashing waves, they filmed emotional scenes

Final farewell: The 49-year-old buries her own past as she hunts a serial killer

Homeless and away?: Australian actor Zac Drayson has changed a lot from his work in front of the camera on Home And Away (R) to more recently behind it as production crew (L)

The 31-year-old actor, who wound down his small screen roles in the mid-2000s, changed direction serving as a producer on Home And Away, as well as working extensively in the Australian film industry as a grip.

The Killing Field first appeared on the Seven Network earlier this year as a TV movie before it was given the green light as a full mini-series.

Earlier this year, Rebecca told the Herald Sun she has battled depression since she was 30 suffering panic attacks so severe she considered admitting herself to hospital.

Contemplative: The Packed To The Rafters star was battled depression since she was 30 and may have drawn on personal experience when it comes to filming

'I couldn’t talk about it because I didn’t know what was happening to me,” she told the newspaper.

'I contemplated hospitalisation, but I didn’t want people to find out.

'I remember lying in bed and feeling like the walls were caving in. I felt like I was in the bottom of a pit. Every time I tried to claw my way out, I’d slip back down.'

Shielded from the sun: She chatted to production crew protected from the searing Spring heat under an umbrella